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as being picked up in an S-Class, but
really, limousines only actually happen
if the big boss is personally coming
to receive me. And considering that I
don’t often travel alone, a multi-purpose
vehicle will do the trick, especially if
it’s got a three-pointed star on point.
BC Good for you, big boss man.
For me, I have mixed feelings really.
I appreciate cars like these and their
functional purpose in life and the greater
scheme of things, but from the driver’s
perspective, it isn’t all that joyful.
For starters, there’s no getting away
from the fact that the V-Class is, indeed,
a van. Expectedly, it drives like one.
Also, it is big, in almost every way.
So negotiating car parks, especially
those annoyingly tight ones commonly
found in town, is an activity in skill and
bravado. Not only do you have to check
your dimensions length and width wise,
you also have to note its height, which
is just a breadth under 1.9 metres. This
results in you breaking out in cold sweat
whenever you come across indoor
car parks with similar height limits.Driving the “boss”
aside, the V-Class is
not a car that will go
easy on folks who
are not accustomed
to driving larger cars
March 2016 // 53